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problem with equal and ==

 
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Hi everybody,
This compile and print "true false true true"
Since the second println and the last one is expressing the same thing I thought this should have printed true "false true false"
please if any one have idea I will be very grateful.
public class Test
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println( " String ".trim().equals("String") );
System.out.println( " String ".trim() == ("String") );
System.out.println( "String".trim().equals("String") );
System.out.println( "String".trim() == ("String") );
}
}
 
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Hi Ify,
In fact the last statement being

will not return false since no new String instance is created in result to the invocation of trim() on "String". "String".trim() will not create a new String since "String" is already present in the String pool of the class Test.
Note that in the second statement there is a space just after String ("String ") and then trim() will trim the space and thus return a new String, but no new String is created if the change does not change anything.
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[This message has been edited by Valentin Crettaz (edited September 20, 2001).]
[This message has been edited by Valentin Crettaz (edited September 20, 2001).]
 
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Hi Ifi!
1� System.out.println( " String ".trim().equals("String") );
" String ".trim() Create a new String "String" which is equal to "String" so -----> true
2� System.out.println( " String ".trim() == ("String") );
" String ".trim() Create a new String, the operator " == " compare references, so -----> false
3� System.out.println( "String".trim().equals("String") );
"String".trim() return the same "string" which is equal to "String" so -----> true
4� System.out.println( "String".trim() == ("String") );
return the same "string" which is equal to "String" so -----> true
The key concept is " String ".trim() ------> return a new String and "String".trim()--------> return the same String.
Hope thats hepl and corrcet if I�m wrong
 
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Hi Ify,
In the second println
<pre>
System.out.println( " String ".trim() == ("String") );
</pre>
The <code>trim()</code> operation removes the spaces and returns a new string object with the chars "String".
In the last println
<pre>
System.out.println( "String".trim() == ("String") );
</pre>
there is nothing for <code>trim()</code> to do! There are no empty spaces to remove so the original String object is returned.
If the original string object satisfies the contract of the method being called, a reference to the original string object is returned, a new object is not created.
This is one of the ways Java optimizes string handling.
Hope that helps.
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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform
 
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Thanks everybody. It really helps. I'm very grateful.
 
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